Meet Dr. Ravindra Babu IRS - MP?
Dr. Ravindra Babu — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.DR. Ravindra Babu was till recently the Additional Commissioner of Central Excise at Visakhapatnam.
This Medical Doctor IRS officer of the 1991 batch quit the IRS to take the plunge into politics.
He joined Chandra Babu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party and is the party's official candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Amalapuram constituency in Andhra Pradesh. This novice to politics is almost sure to win his maiden attempt to enter Parliament, with the TDP-BJP alliance said to be sweeping Andhra Pradesh.
In between his innumerable meetings and long drives across his vast constituency, DDT could get a few minutes to talk to him.
When I asked him if I can congratulate him in advance, a confident Dr.Babu said, "go ahead; I am winning!" Then I told him that he has good chances of becoming the Minister of State for Revenue/Finance; he said that is too farfetched. Any way this Doctor turned tax administrator turned politician would be an ideal choice.
Dr Babu had varied experience in the Department in Mumbai Customs, NACEN and as a Departmental Representative in CESTAT. He quit the Revenue service to serve the people better and to develop the State - Good Luck Dr. Babu.